Increased productivity

Knowing where your drivers are, their start times, end times and where they have been throughout the day can help prevent time-theft. Don’t be surprised if, after having a tracking system installed you see a significant increase in productivity and less hours being claimed by employees on their time sheets.

Lower fuel costs

Being able to dispatch the nearest vehicle to a job and better route planning are just two ways that tracking can save on your fuel costs. In addition to these, as you will be able to track the whereabouts and speed of your vehicles, drivers will be less inclined to break speed limits or take detours for personal reasons or use the vehicle outside of work, which mean a significant saving in fuel costs.

Accurate time sheets

Your accounts office can create a report detailing the employee’s working hours and can use this to check the employee’s time sheets before paying their wages. This ensures the employee’s time sheets are correct and many customers have found that this alone saves them more than the system costs, creating a saving from day one.

Fewer overtime hours

Reduce your wage bill by ensuring vehicles are used more efficiently during the working day and overtime is being claimed correctly and honestly.

Lower communication costs

Calling drivers on their mobile phones can be expensive (and illegal if they do not have handsfree kits installed). This can also be time consuming, especially if you need to contact a number of drivers with the same message. Our tracking system incorporates an easy to use SMS messaging terminal where you can send messages to one, some or all of your drivers and they can send messages back to you. Our software will store all the messages so you can look back later or see proof of delivery should it be needed at a later date.

Control personal usage of your vehicles

Unauthorised personal use or, even worse, moonlighting with your vehicle costs your business money. The tax implications of employees having access to a vehicle for personal use are high, the employee has to pay for this use and as an employer you have to pay the NI contribution on this. Employers must be able to prove that employees do not have use of the vehicle outside of working hours. If you allow your drivers to take the vehicle home a tracking system means that you can be alerted if they are using it without your permission and means that you can produce a report to prove to the HM Revenue and Customs that vehicles are not driven outside working hours.